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| Hodur, Nancy M.; Leistritz, F. Larry; Bangsund, Dean A.. |
| The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), first enacted in 1985, seeks to achieve both conservation and agricultural supply control objectives through voluntary, long-term (10 year contracts) retirement of cropland. By fall 2000, the program had enrolled about 31.4 million acres nationwide, and North Dakota ranked third among the states, with 3.2 million contracted acres, or 11 percent of the state's total cropland. Although long-term land retirement offers a variety of environmental benefits, as well as providing a stable income to participating landowners, large-scale land retirement can pose adverse economic impacts for nearby communities, primarily because agricultural supply and service sector businesses may be adversely affected. This study was... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); Cropland retirement; Socioeconomic impacts; Costs and benefits; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23551 |
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| Hodur, Nancy M.; Leistritz, F. Larry; Bangsund, Dean A.. |
| The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), first enacted in 1985, seeks to achieve both conservation and agricultural supply control objectives through voluntary, long-term (10 year contracts) retirement of cropland. By fall 2000, the program had enrolled about 31.4 million acres nationwide, and North Dakota ranked third among the states, with 3.2 million contracted acres, or 11 percent of the state's total cropland. Although long-term land retirement offers a variety of environmental benefits, as well as providing a stable income to participating landowners, large-scale land retirement can pose adverse economic impacts for nearby communities, primarily because agricultural supply and service sector businesses may be adversely affected. This study was... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); Cropland retirement; Socioeconomic impacts; Costs and benefits; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23640 |
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